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Saturday, January 28, 2017

Do I even realize how tough this job is? I have encountered many specialists who kept saying, 'Are you sure you want to be a doctor? It is not easy,' and I pooh-poohed their words, thinking that it was their way of discouraging young aspirants to become a future doctor.

Oh boy, how wrong I am.

8 months in, I am still as clueless as my 8-months prior self. I'm nowhere close to be a competent doctor, even after I graduated my 2 previous postings. Even if I passed my viva and examinations, reality is, there are still millions of things that I don't know.

Work in reality is nowhere near how medical textbooks teach you. Textbooks are pretty simple, if A has disease B, management is C. No one actually tells you that, A also has disease D in which disallows A to take medicine E from management C. No one tells you that procedure F is not available in the country as we do not have trained specialists or equipment thus, procedure F, which is the mainstay of treatment for disease D is null and void.

I have encountered many situations that question my knowledge. Do I even learned ANYTHING in medical school? While I never claimed to be the brightest, most learned nor diligent, I still believe that I know SOMETHING. WRONG. AGAIN. My something turns out to be little thing.

Yes, I know very little. Very little. I feel discouraged daily. Workload is crazy, working hours are endless, remuneration is pitiful, your superiors are definitely not on your side, all adding up to piles and piles of stress that makes waking up daily extremely difficult.

Daily, I would have stomachache in facing my day. Daily, I will have blazing headache by 4-5pm. As would seniors, MOs and specialist will often say, 'In my days, things are worse'. Well, it is already as bad as it is. I learned to vent and let go. I have learned that a lot of things are beyond anyone's control. I have learned that whatever it is, it will always be my fault.

So, my dear self 8-month ago,

Do you think that, if you have known this earlier, would you still take this course in life?

My answer, back then: YES

My answer, now: YES

I believe in myself. No matter how ignorant I am, I know I can take it. I know I will learn. I know, I can do this. While future is still uncertain and uncharted path, I will still soldier on. My parents believe in me. I have to believe in myself.

So dear doctors out there. Never get discouraged. No matter how many times you are called 'idiots' and 'waste of space', no matter how many times you get hit by case-notes and whatnot, no matter how many explanation letters you have to write day in and day out, stay strong. We all face the same thing. We all know that no one cares, not the system, not our superiors. However, we have our families, friends and fellow housemen. Learn well and be a safe doctor.

Save lives and save ourselves.

I have known many of my friends who are on the verge of suicide. Hospital is not our start and end. There are many things that we can all take pleasure in. Be happy that your patients are discharged well. Be happy that another day has passed. Be happy that you are alive.

Be happy.

P/S: I lost my stethoscope at MOT a few months back. Paging anyone who sees my moss green stethoscope, please do return it to me, many THANKS! It is missing the ring around the diaphragm.

Monday, July 25, 2016

As grand as the title is, it means what it meant. Wealth planning aka financial planning aka how to make sure you have enough by the next pay and have enough for rainy days.

These days, we take a lot of things for granted. I started working formally for 2 months, I can already feel that money DOES NOT come easy. We work hard and we got paid for it, but at the end of the day, where does the money go? For some of you out there, who come from a well-off family, who can afford luxurious lifestyle with expensive houses, cars and maids, this doesn't ring a bell. For the rest of us human beings who need to toil and save and survive, this is extremely important.

What we need to understand is, we only have so much, so we have to spend within our means. Remember this. Never, ever, ever, ever, think that, 'Oh, I will get paid next month, lets just get this-and-that'. Never. I learned from experience that unexpected expenses always crop up the next day.

Anyhow, let me give you and example of how to manage what you have. I use a nominal sum in general and this is generally useful for all singles out there. Family budgeting is a bit different as they have different expenses and combined earnings.

Your earning monthly = $5000

Your expenses monthly =

Rent/housing loan = $500

Car = $500

Utilities = $100

Internet = $100

Phone = $100

Petrol/toll = $100

Car maintenance = $100

Parents = $1000

Food = $500

Miscellaneous = $500

Insurance = $500

Saving = $1000

Earning - Expenses = 0

While saving is not an expense, it is a must. You may never know when you may need it. So save while you can. At the end of the day, 0 is left. No extras for anything. Well, miscellaneous is exactly that.

Anyhow, this is just a rough guide. Not everyone earns $5000 monthly and not everyone has the same expenses, bear that in mind. The easiest is to make a little book of financial planning for yourself, I use Excel sheet myself, and plan away. Follow it as you can and I can guarantee that you won't worry until your next pay. You will ALWAYS have enough before your next pay.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Today marked the end of my first month working my REAL job. The one I was trained for 10+ years (yes, I am a super late bloomer). While I can't say definitely how I feel about it, all I can say is I survived. Let's toast to another month. I will hang on. Definitely.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

This is one of Malaysian favourites. It has many names but essentially it is chicken battered and fried. I made this the Southern way (well, as close as Southern American as I can get based on what I've seen on cooking shows) as I marinade the chicken pieces in milk first. I learned that this ensure the chicken to remain tender and moist after cooking. And it works! As per general knowledge, chicken breast can be really dry, so marinading the chicken in milk resulted in really tender fried chicken!

Anyway, I made this for dinner and I have to say, again, my Baba took a second helping! That is a sign that he loves it! Or he was too hungry.

The condiments I made for this particular dish are fries and buttered boiled carrots. There are thousands of condiment alternatives such as mash potatoes (another recipe for another day!), smashed potatoes, baked potatoes, rice, coleslaw, salad and dressing, corn and others. You just need to be creative or if you are like me, use whatever you have in your pantry.

I also have many recipes for many types of gravies but this is one of the easiest. And onions are my favourite ingredient. Before I share my recipe, pardon my lack of colour on the plate. I just couldn't find anything else in the kitchen so....Yeah. It's all orange and brown.

Chicken Chop/Batter-Fried Chicken With Onion Gravy

Actually, I made another batch today for my first sister and brother-in-law. And I added mushroom to the gravy and we ate it with salad. This particular batch is MUCH more attractive. Sadly, I'm too lazy to take a picture LOL. Bear with me on this one.

Oil to fry (you can use plenty of oil for deep frying or little oil for shallow frying)

Chicken Broth (for the gravy)

Leftover chicken bones

5 cups of water

1 medium sized carrot

3 garlic

1 medium sized yellow onion

Onion Gravy Ingredients

4 tablespoons of leftover oil from frying the chicken

2 tablespoons of leftover flour from chicken chop

1 medium sized red onion (alternatively, this can be substituted with 1/4 of medium sized yellow onion. Both are delicious)

1 1/2 cups of chicken broth

Salt to taste

Cooking Method

Debone the chicken breast and cut the meat into 2 equal sizes. Halve each portion so that the chicken meat will be thinner and slightly tenderize the chicken with the back of your knife. I cut my chicken until the end of one edge and spread the cut portion so that my chicken's surface area will be bigger. I think they call this the 'butterfly cut'.

Put the 2 portions of chicken breast into the milk and chill them in the refrigerator while you prepare your chicken broth. You can chill the chicken for a few hours but I chilled mine for 30 minutes while waiting for the broth to be ready as I am lazy that way.

At this point, you can either make your own chicken broth or buy it. I made mine as I have the leftover chicken bone after deboning it. To make chicken broth, boil the leftover chicken bone, with water, roughly diced carrot, peeled garlic and yellow onion. You don't need to chop the garlic and onion. Boil under low/medium heat until you get a pale yellow broth. The fragrance of the broth will be very yummilicious. Don't add salt at this point.

After the broth is ready, prepare your batter (not really a batter as you will dip the chicken breast into each section). Prepare an egg-wash by mixing the egg in one bowl. In another one, mix the plain flour with plenty of black pepper (I LOVE BLACK PEPPER) and salt to taste. So, you basically have 2 separate bowls of egg mixture and flour.

Heat up your oil for deep frying (or shallow frying). It should be medium heat.

After the oil has heated up, salt your chicken, dip it once on the egg-wash, then into the flour mix and then into the egg-wash again and finally into the flour mix before putting it into the heated oil. I double-batter because I happen to also love the batter.

Turn the chicken once the bottom turns golden yellow. Take it out and repeat with the second portion of the chicken.

After both chicken portions are fried, turn up the heat and put the chicken back again. Fry for 30 seconds (basically just to crisp up the batter, not to cook the chicken again) and take it out. This method is called double frying which will ensure your batter to be crispy and delicious!

So, chicken is now done, lets move on to the gravy. Using the leftover oil and flour mix, make a roux. Then add the broth little by little, continually stirring to prevent from lump formation. Add the sliced onion once the sauce is smooth and salt to taste. The sauce is heavenly and you can add more black pepper if you want to. You can also add mushroom as this is the same base as mushroom gravy.

Your very own chicken chop/batter-fried chicken with onion gravy is now ready! It looks complicated but it is so very easy! Just try it and you will be super happy!

Friday, December 25, 2015

I rarely make a review of places to eat. Main reason is I am usually too lazy to note the key points such as location, menu, prices and service and take pictures. I am also not an avid foodie (aka go-out-and-eat) as I am a VERY indecisive person when it comes to ordering my meal. It is just easier to eat home as my Mama decides the menu or I cook food that I want to eat myself.

View of the outside terrace from my seat inside. The view is just lovely and the curtains are just beautiful. I need to mention the curtain somehow.

That said, Levain has to be one of my most favourite eatery ever. I love the ambiance and I love the food. I love the fact that it serves free cold/hot plain water and I love that it is fairly fuss-free with affordable food.

The second floor looks so pretty! But I've never been able to get up there.

First of all, the introduction. Well, you can read the whole story of the place from the website. The sort of introduction I will give is my history with Levain and the landmark. I first found out about this place from Rini, a friend of mine. She brought me here about 5 years ago and it was an instant love. My first impression was that it is an expensive place as it looks fairly exclusive with valet parking, but to my surprise, the food is quite affordable. At least affordable for an ex-student like me.

The view of the restaurant from my front seat.

Anyhow, this is a few background information of Levain:

Valet parking:RM3.00 flat rate. If you come at non-peak hours like weekdays on non-lunch/dinner hour, you can park outside the restaurant without paying a cent (note this: outside as in the front of other buildings nearby). Careful of getting a ticket though or your car can potentially be towed.

Landmark: It is located on the first street on your left if you are coming from the direction of Prince Court Medical Centre (from Jalan Tun Razak). It is a bungalow house nestled between 2 buildings. It is on Jalan Delima.

Opening hours: It is opened daily from 7.30AM to 9.00PM.

Family-friendly: Yes

Take-away/pre-order/booking: Yes

Service:Top-notched. The staff is friendly and my order usually arrive relatively fast.

Particular points to note:

The shop is divided into 4 sections. There is the bakery where the baked goods are, the counter where you order and pay for your food and the side-cake display as you can see from the picture above. I missed the side-cake display the first time I came here so I just bought the baked goods and order my dish from the counter. If you are coming at peak hours, going to order again at the counter for the cakes and pies from the side-cake-display at the counter is a bit of a hassle. So, remember to go to the side-cake display area first before you make your order at the counter. You may want that one a slice of cake or a macaroon to complete your delicious meal. The fourth section is obviously the seating areas (the inside seating area, the second floor seating area and the outside terrace seating area).

The shop stops baking after 11AM so be sure to come early if you want to taste the baked goods. I usually come quite late so I have limited choices when it comes to baked goodies.

You can order a cake earlier before pick-up time. The cake and pies are usually quite small but they are HEAVENLY. They have more options than most bakeries.

I usually order the chicken karaage curry rice and ask for extra-extra-extra spicy and it is DELICIOUS! The portion is relatively large so come with an empty stomach. The price of this is RM14.80 (including GST).

Free hot/cold plain water is provided at the outside terrace. Small paper cups are provided. Last time, they used to provide beautiful glasses, but I guess those are difficult to deal with (aka clean) so now we have disposable cups. Not so pretty but they will do.

Since it is a bungalow, it has a second floor but most of the time, the second floor is cordoned off. I guess they only open it when the restaurant is full downstairs. The interior is air-conditioned but they also have tables on the terrace. This area is not air-conditioned. However, ceiling fans are provided.

The place is family-friendly as I've seen a lot of families with small children coming.

The staff are mostly foreigners so I usually speak English. I'm not sure if they understand local Malay or any other languages (like Chinese or Tamil).

They have the partial self-serving concept whereby you choose your table (the tables are numbered) and go to the counter to order food and drinks (or you can choose your baked goods, pay and sit) and provide your table number. They will send your order to your table once it is ready.

The tables are numbered.

Bonus:

Did you see the huge chunks of crispy batter-fried chicken swimming in thick delicious Japanese curry sauce? The pink stuff is pickled ginger/radish (not sure which one). THIS IS MY MOST FAVOURITE DISH (when I come here).

Thursday, December 24, 2015

This one has a long title. Before I share this recipe, I need to make a quick note:

This is a VERY simplified carrot cake recipe. I didn't put ANY spices in it. My family HATES spices in dessert.

It is also fairly mild (aka not-so-sweet). Again, due to a dietary restriction, I made this as less sweet as I possibly can. If you are a sweet tooth and have a chronic addiction to everything sweet, add more sugar as you like.

Okay, my Mama LOVES carrot cake. I decided to make one without baking, so I steamed the batter instead. The top is not crusty but the cake is very moist and fluffy. I love it.

Simplified Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Serving: 12-15 people (depending on the size of each slice, the smaller each slice, it obviously means the more people can have a share)

Carrot Cake Ingredients

3 large sized carrots (this will make up around 3-4 cups of shredded carrots)

100g of walnuts (roughly diced)

2 cups of flour (I used the plain type)

2 teaspoons of dark cocoa

2 teaspoons of baking soda

1 teaspoon of salt

1 1/4 cups of brown sugar

1 1/2 cups of vegetable oil

4 large eggs (beaten)

Additional note: You can use pecan or any other nuts in substitute of walnuts. If you like spices, you can add ground nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon (any or in combination). The usual will be around 1 teaspoon each but you can add or lessen the amount as you like. Other ingredients that can be added are raisins and sultanas and any dried fruit such as cherries.

Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients

250g cream cheese (room temperature)

100g unsalted butter (I'm too lazy to use unsalted one, I used a salted butter. I'm a rebel that way. This also needs to be in room temperature)

In another bowl, add chopped walnuts, grated carrots, vegetable oil and beaten eggs and mix well. This is the wet ingredients.

Prepare the steamer. I steamed my cake on a large wok, so I waited until the water is boiling. Alternatively, you can bake the cake instead at 170 to 180 degrees Celcius for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredient's bowl and mix well. The batter should be quite thick and not runny. Put the batter into a 9-inch dish.

Put the cake dish onto the steamer and steam for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Ensure the boiling water is adequate. I added more boiling water at half time. Make sure to add boiling water and not cool tap water as this will drop the steamer's temperature. The stick/knife should come out clean with no sticky batter once the cake is fully steamed.

Put the cake on a cooling rack to cool before icing it. This will take around 1 to 2 hours.

While waiting for the cake to cool, prepare the icing by beating the cream cheese, butter and icing/confectioners sugar together. If you want the cream cheese icing to taste citrusy, you can add a few drops of lemon/lime/orange with a dash of their zest. You can also add 2 drops of vanilla essence.

As you can see from my cake slice, the cream cheese icing is melting. I couldn't wait so I immediately cut the cake and iced it. DO NOT DO THIS. The icing will melt. Pardon my impatience.

Anyway, this cake is pretty simple and it turns out soft and fluffy. I love the texture. My Mama, Baba and third sister seemed to enjoy the cake so I deemed this a success!

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

I've been bitten by the travel bug. Well, the vlog of travels, to be precise. I was watching the travels of this guy, Mark Weins, who is based in Thailand and I saw that he made this delicious looking (and sounding) dish. I knew this dish from my favourite celebrity (SHOUT OUT TO MY BABY NICHKHUN OF 2PM!) as this is his most favourite Thai dish.

Thus, I decided to cook this. It's fairly simple if you ignore the preparation part (the tedious part is to peel the garlic. It's a LOT of garlic to peel!). You basically just chuck everything one at a time and it's done!

In Thailand, apparently this dish is one of the most popular dishes ever. It is usually eaten with rice and fried egg. Since my family LOVES spicy food, I used a lot of chillies. You can adjust the number of chillies based on your preference. It goes without saying, the more you add the chillies, the spicier the dish will be.

Thai Basil Chicken

Serving: 4-5 persons

Ingredients

3 pieces of chicken breast/keel (I deboned and minced the chicken, it's a great stress reliever)

Thai/holy basil (the taste of Thai/holy basil is different from the basil we use in Italian cooking. I found this at a local Aeon supermarket. In Malay, it is called 'daun selasih' if I'm not mistaken)

10 cloves of garlic

15 birds eye chillies (yes, we like it as spicy as we can take it)

1 1/2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce (light soy sauce can be a good alternative)

1 1/2 tablespoons of oyster sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons of fish sauce

1 medium sized carrot (I julienned the carrot, but you can slice it any way you prefer)

4 tablespoons of vegetable oil (for frying)

Additional note: You can add more vegetables such as pepper. You can even add mushrooms. Another thing to note, I found the original recipe used sugar (around 1/2 tablespoon). However, my family despised (ABSOLUTELY HATE) sweet savory dishes, I decided to omit the sugar. If you like it, you can add it. Alternatively, you can use sweet soy sauce.

Cooking Method

Mince or finely chop the garlic and birds eye chillies. I made it into a rough paste using my mortar and pastle.

Debone and mince the chicken.

Heat up the oil and saute the minced garlic and birds eye chillies until a nice fragrant appears (the oil will turn light reddish).

Add the minced chicken and fry until chicken is cooked through. Since the chicken is already minced, it will cook fast (around 5 to 10 minutes). Chicken breast is a white meat, so it's dry. We LOVE white meat. If you prefer the red meat of chicken, then you can use chicken thigh or drumstick. The meat will be juicier.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Cleaning. I have tonnes to boxes (okay, exaggeration alert, I have only 4) that need to be sorted out. A HUGE part of moving that I hate so much (I've been moving since I was 12, literally) is packing, shifting and unpacking. The packing and shifting parts are long over since early November but the unpacking part is the itty-bitty part that is left now.

And I am procrastinating. Yup. The boxes are still there. They are neatly stacked next to my wardrobe and they are still hurting my eyes (and the view). I have unpacked at least 70% of my stuff and the 30% is the part that is left to linger.

Most of the boxes are full of my clothes. I admit, I have lots of clothes. Not as many as majority of people, but enough to give me headache to sort. I know I should've thrown or donated most of it away, but every time I sort them out, I always feel that I still need this or that piece of clothing. Have you ever felt that way?

Saturday, December 12, 2015

The title is actually quite misleading. My sister just gave birth about 6 weeks ago. As a *cough cough* now a fully certified medical practitioner, my sister has been asking me various of baby-health related questions even I couldn't answer.

Why is that so? I've been taught what a normal birth and growth will be and what to expect if a child experiences out of ordinary things (aka illness). Whatever in between, such as heat rash, babies changing sleep pattern, fussy babies and babies who don't wake up for feeding after 2 hours are way beyond my scope of experience (or shall I say, non-experience, since I've YET to practice).

Here are my conclusions in the last few weeks I've been home (I first saw my adorable cutie-little-tiger baby niece when she was about 1 week old):

She turns vermilion red when she cries.

She has her own feeding schedule. She'll tell you when she is hungry. No force-feeding aka waking her up every 2 hours is necessary unless it is wayyyy beyond her feeding time. My sister and I realize that my cutie-little-tiger feeds around 2-4 hourly, unless she feeds too much or refuse to sleep for more than 6 hours previously.

Which brings me to my next observation. She usually sleeps after her regulated feeding and nappy-changing (very necessary since she poops after meal). However, she has her 'play-time' as my sister called it, as she has been known to refuse to sleep for hours (it can stretch up to 6 to 8 hours). That said, she usually wakes for around an hour and settle down quite well after feeding, nappy-changing and burping session.

She has no concept of time. Of course. She can wake my sister up at 2AM and proceed for 'play-time' until 6AM. Such is the life of new mothers.

She is utterly adorable. She makes all this cute sounds. So adorable, I tell you.

She grows up without us realizing. She just got bigger and bigger in front of our very own eyes.

My cutie-little-tiger will cry if she needs anything. Her main reasons for crying will be: Her nappy is getting wee bit full, her tummy needs some attention aka food aka milk or she is about to vomit.

Bathing her is HARD. My very experienced Mama (Mama loves kids and she has 5 of her own, moi included) is solely responsible to her bathing since none of us are confident enough to bathe her until she was at least 3-4 weeks old.

This last point deserves an explanation of its own:

Yes, she vomits. A lot. We've been frantic and going to PRACTICING medical practitioners for consultation and a bunch of them kept on re-assuring us that is just normal for a newborn. I know, I know. Actually, I don't. To no one's surprise.

Newborns have yet to learn to gauge the correct amount of food they need. Many of them just feed and feed even after they are full. Which will lead them to vomit. This is not helping that they are mostly in lying position (food is not passing down easily horizontal) most of the time, their gut is short (hey little cutie pies) and in some cases, their gastrointestinal system is yet to mature fully. Thus, the vomit. This doesn't happen to all newborns. Some do, some don't. My Yaya didn't have this while my cutie-baby-tiger does.

We learned to put my baby niece in vertical position and burping after feeding, elevating her pillows slightly and prepare soft tissues and plenty of towels and extra change of clothes and mittens in hand. The first 2 things I talked about in the last sentence are super duper important. Babies can easily aspirate the vomitus (inhale the vomitus) which is bad as we want their lungs to be clear of EVERYTHING other than air.

After that my sister will continue to feed her after she vomits as she will be super hungry, poor baby. We also make sure to wipe her down with warm water after each vomiting session as she easily develop rash especially at her cheeks.

That said, not all vomiting episodes are normal, people. If your babies are having ANY one of these things with vomiting:

projectile vomiting

prolonged inactivity and passiveness

failure of gaining weight

consistently refusing feed

vomiting with weird vomitus (aka the colour is weird such as green, yellow, red, brown etc or the smell is funky)

vomiting with other weird things such as high fever, abnormal bloating or yellow discolouration

or if you are just plain unsure

GO AND CONSULT A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY.

Better be safe than sorry guys.

My cutie-little-baby tiger is growing so well. She's gaining weight and she looks super cute. She eats, cry, poop and sleep well. All of us are content.

Lastly (didn't I just say the previous point was the last one? Well, I lied), we just couldn't do it without my Mama. She's our guiding light, the one that helps us (well, my sister) through the whole process. Seeing her and my sister, I realized my Mama sacrificed a lot for me. For that, I am eternally thankful. I love you Mama.

And I am missing my cutie-litle-tiger.

P/S: The reason why she is my cutie-little-tiger is because she makes these cute noises like a cute tiger cub. So ADORABLE!!!!

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Okay, before I start, let me share a teeny-tiny confession. I've never ever eaten chicken potstickers before. In fact, I've never eaten ANY potstickers period. The essential of potstickers is wonton wrapping with any sort of filling, THAT, I've eaten. I've eaten fried wonton, wonton soup and lots of variants of cooking of dumplings. It is dumpling, in simpler English for the rest of us fellow wonton-virgin.

Dumplings have many name and different fillings. Depending on which part of the world you are from, it can be called 'gyoza' (Japan) or 'mandu' (Korea) or 'jiaozi' (China). The filling can be pure meat to vegetarian. Since I'm partial to chicken (period), I'm making chicken potstickers.

Since this is the first time I'm making it, please excuse the way I wrap the wonton. It's terrible-looking, I know. And, another confession here, I didn't make the wonton itself. It is purely store-bought and servicable. In fact, the chicken potstickers turned up DIVINE!

Chicken Potstickers

Serving: 2-3 persons

Potstickers Ingredients

14 wonton wrappers (I read wonton-professionals recommending thicker wonton skin, but hey, I used what I found at the store)

Half chicken breast (minced, or you can buy pre-made chicken mince. I minced it myself)

5g of ginger (or half teaspoon of ginger paste as I'll make a paste out of the ginger)

2 cloves of garlic

3 stalks of cilantro/coriander

1 large Napa cabbage leaf

1/4 tablespoon of sesame oil

Salt to taste

White pepper to taste

Oil for pan frying

1 cup of water for steaming

Dipping Sauce Ingredients

1 tablespoon of sweet soy sauce

1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar

1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil

3 birds eye chillies

Cooking Method

Put wonton wrapper outside in room temperature.

Mince the chicken breast.

Chop the cilantro/coriander and Napa cabbage leaf finely. Add salt to chopped Napa cabbage leaf and set it aside for at least 10 minutes. Then, squeeze out the excess water out of the chopped Napa cabbage.

Fill in the wonton wrapper by putting a good amount of mixture in the middle of the wonton and seal the wonton. Again, I'm sorry, I can't tell you the best method of sealing the wonton since this is also my first time LOL. I just followed my instinct (and the multiple wonton-sealing method videos on Youtube).

Coat a non-stick frying pan with a little oil. Arrange the filled wontons on the frying pan.

Fry the wontons on medium heat until the bottom turns brown.

Add 1 cup of water into the pan and cover the pan (you are basically steaming the potstickers so that the filling will be cooked to perfection). The wontons will be cooked in around 10 to 15 minutes, until the water evaporated.

In the meantime, make the dipping sauce by adding all the ingredients together! Remember to chop the chillies first!

See, it is very easy! I'm making this again for dinner and eating them with steamed rice. So divine! Eat them while they are hot.